Certificates
Outside of the Center for Reconciliation, students can earn academic certificates alongside their degrees. A number of certificates address questions related to justice and reconciliation.
The Center for Reconciliation nurtures a theological imagination and embodied practices that strengthen Duke Divinity School’s calling to form Christian leaders who serve God’s work of transformation and reconciliation. Through spiritual and theological formation, practical tools for conflict transformation and reconciliation ministry, and opportunities for students to participate in its mission through work study, coursework, and mentoring, the CFR seeks to equip the body of Christ in North Carolina, across the U.S., and throughout the world to live as agents of God’s healing and hope.
Academic Courses
Foundations for Conflict Transformation
As one of the country's premiere centers for theological learning, Duke Divinity has a historical commitment to advance the theology and practice of reconciliation. In addition to WXTIAN 845 Foundations for Conflict Transformation: Theology, Theory and Practice, many faculty members offer classes and advanced seminars relevant to transformation and reconciliation issues.
Sacred Circles
Embodied Practice
The CFR hosts Sacred Circles at Duke Divinity for students, faculty and staff members. This community practice offers a space for participants to come together to connect, reflect, and support one another.
CFR Conversation Series
Engaged Dialogue
The Center for Reconciliation hosts a series of conversations meant to introduce individuals and organizations working on particular aspects of just peace, transformation, and reconciliation. The goal of this series is to encourage the surrounding community to think theologically and nourish their moral imagination to effectively deal with the challenges facing our communities and our world.
CFR Fellows and Friends
Valued Community
The CFR hosts monthly community potlucks to cultivate fellowship and discuss issues of the day and the impact they have on our lives and communities. Attendees include current and former students, local faith leaders, and Divinity staff and faculty. All are welcome.
The Certificate in Black Church Studies can be earned within the M.Div., M.T.S., Th.M., and M.A. degrees and aims to help strengthen the body of Christ through critical reflection, dialogue, and practice at the intersection of race, faith, and Christian witness in the tradition of Black churches.
The Certificate in Faith-based Organizing, Advocacy, and Social Transformation is for students in the M.Div. (residential and hybrid), M.T.S., or M.A. programs seeking to engage in campaigning and advocacy work, community organizing, community development, and related forms of social, political, and economic witness from a Christian basis.
The Certificate in Gender, Sexuality, Theology, and Ministry can be earned alongside the M.Div. (residential and hybrid), M.T.S., Th.D., and M.A. and enables students to make the study of gender, sexuality, theology, and ministry a core component of their theological education. It fosters a collaborative environment for teaching, research, service learning, and dialogue.
The Certificate in Faith, Food, and Environmental Justice is for students in the residential M.Div. and M.T.S. degrees seeking training and preparation for engaging faithfully in environmental justice work, agricultural production, healthy food access and food systems, creation care ministries, land use issues, policy advocacy, and environmental management.
The Certificate in Prison Studies is available in the residential M.Div., M.T.S, and Th.D programs and provides students with the opportunity to engage specifically with people in prison and the system that imprisons them in the context of theological education and formation for ministry.
The Certificate in Latinx Studies is available to students in the residential and hybrid M.Div. and M.T.S. degrees and is designed to provide theological and ministerial formation to students preparing for ministry with Hispanic/Latinx churches and communities in the U.S.